Negative population feedbacks mediated by natural enemies can promote species coexistence at the community scale through disproportionate mortality of numerically dominant (common) tree species. Simultaneously, associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can result in positive effects on tree populations. Coupling data on seedling foliar damage from herbivores and pathogens and DNA seq...

Iron deficiency in plants is caused by a low availability of iron in the soil, and its main visual symptom is leaf yellowing due to a decrease in chlorophyll content, along with a reduction in plant growth and fruit quality. Foliar sprays with Fe compounds are an economic alternative to the treatment with expensive synthetic Fe-chelates applied to the soil, although the efficacy of foliar treat...

in order to study the effect of uniconazole and cycocle growth regulators on growth, yield and nutrients content of pearl millet in drought stress condition, a field experiment was conducted in 2007-2008 in agriculture research center of zabol university. the experiment was conducted in split plot base on randomized completely block design with tree replications. main plots were different level...

Previous research showed that foliar boron (B) application at flowering or seed-fill growth stages altered seed protein, oil, and fatty acids. The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of foliar B fertilizer on seed phenolics (phenol, lignin, and isoflavones) and sugars concentrations. A repeated greenhouse experiment was conducted on soybean [(Glycine max(L.) Merr.)] under ...

The relationships between several leaf attributes (leaf area, mass, volume, density, thickness, organic matter content, anatomy and leaf specific mass) in two sympatric shrub species, Miconia ibaguensis and M. stenostachya (Melastomataceae), in Brazilian cerrado were explored. Leaf traits were assessed in two environments : a sun-exposed cerrado and in a shaded undestorey riparian forest. Area,...

The accumulation of radionuclides by plants acting as a monitoring system in the environment may occur by two modes; foliar absorption by the leaves and shoot of the plant, or by root uptake from the soil. Data on plant accumulation of radionuclides may be obtained from studies of fission product radionuclides deposited as worldwide fallout, and from tracer studies of plant physiology. The epid...